Boyertown Idol tryouts begin Monday

BOYERTOWN — What’s five years old and can stop traffic on a Tuesday night on East Philadelphia Avenue? Boyertown Idol!

This year the Berks-Mont Business Association and entertainer Adam Moyer are celebrating the fifth anniversary of the popular event held at the BMBA’s Sidewalk Expo.

Tryouts for this year’s singing competition will begin Monday, May 19, at venues around the borough.

Contest organizers offered this advice for first-timers:

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• Try to pick a song you are familiar with and pick it before you arrive at the tryout. You may also want to have a backup song picked out just in case.

• There are five different tryout dates, if something goes sideways with your performance you are able to try again at another tryout.

• BE SURE to read the tryout dates carefully, even though the Boyertown Idol contest is open to contestants 15 years and older, certain tryout locations require participants to be 21 years or older to enter.

• Most of all, relax and enjoy the experience; the competition is fierce, but friendly. Make friends and network, there are karaoke events all around the area and they are a fun crowd.

To celebrate Boyertown Idol’s fifth anniversary, past winners will perform their winning songs at a special tryout at The Historic State Theater, 61 N. Reading Ave.

For a full list of rules and regulations, visit www.boyertownidol.com. You can also find a list of available songs in Moyer’s catalog, which offers 675 pages of options, on the site.

The tryout dates are as follows:

Monday, May 19, at 6:30 p.m. – Boyertown Rita’s, 309 East Philadelphia Ave., Boyertown. This tryout is open to all contestants 15 years of age and over. It is also outside so it will be weather permitting.

Saturday, May 24, at 10 p.m. – Durango’s Saloon, 120 East Philadelphia Ave., Boyertown. This tryout is open to contestants 21 years and older.

Thursday, May 29, at 6:30 p.m. – Fun Days at Boyertown Park, Madison Street, Boyertown. This tryout is open to all contestants 15 years of age and older. You can find Moyer in the Rohrbach Pavilion.

Sunday, June 1, at 4 p.m. – The Other Farm Brewing Co. (formerly the Hard Bean Café), 128 East Philadelphia Ave., Boyertown. This tryout is open to all contestants 15 years of age and older.

Tuesday, June 3, at 7 p.m. – The Historic State Theater, 61 N. Reading Ave., Boyertown. The five-year anniversary celebration will feature performances by past Boyertown Idol winners. Tryouts will be held immediately following the show and are open to all contestants 15 years of age and older.

The finals will be held Tuesday, June 10, at 6:30 p.m. outside the Boyertown Rita’s, 309 East Philadelphia Ave., weather permitting. The rain date will follow the BMBA Sidewalk Expo schedule, found at bmba.biz/sidewalk